Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz
what opens in us
Between what happens and what has yet to be named, a new duet.
Seven years after the piece What does not happen, Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz return to the duet — the format that best reflects the artistic closeness and intensity of this almost twenty-year collaboration.
Their duets take the form of intimate exchanges with the audience — of states of presence and ways of relating, (re)visions of the world, of what it is to live, destroy and build again with the other.
The choreographic, sonic and textual materials in this duet emerged from research around the tension between day-to-day banality and the intensity of the stage. Amid songs from previous works and personal archives, the piece lands somewhere between a bizarre musical, a conversation, and a dance that resists categorisation.
Sofia and Vítor look back at what they have made, reinvent the past and test new ways of being together. Drawing on their shared history, they use their need to be on stage to rethink what it means to continue. And to continue together.
Credits
Concept and performance Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz With texts by Tiago Rodrigues, Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz Light design Nuno Borda de Água Sound design Sofia Dias Artistic collaboration Filipe Pereira and Catarina Dias Production SD&VR, Lda Co-production Alkantara, Galeria Zé dos Bois Supported by Estúdios Victor Córdon, as part of the Em Casa project SD&VR Administration Cátia Mateus
Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz is a structure funded by the República Portuguesa - Cultura, Juventude e Desporto / DGArtes – Direção-Geral das Artes and Câmara Municipal de Lisboa
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Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz are an artist/choreographer duo collaborating since 2006. The hybrid nature of their research, combined with their curiosity and drive for experimentation, has led to the creation of numerous works, including shows, performances, soundtracks, videos, podcasts, and installations. Their work traverses different contexts, blurring the boundaries between artistic disciplines. Their stage performances, predominantly performed by the duo, feature a refined choreographic language intertwined with spoken word and voice. These works have been...